Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
Human Studies Film Archives
Guide to the Frances Emerick films, 1927-1933, 1956
Summary
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1980.05
- Creators:
-
Emerick, Frances
- Dates:
-
1927-19331956
- Languages:
-
No linguistic content; Not applicable.
- Physical Description:
-
Film reelsblack-and-white color silent positive; 1600 feet16mm
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Footage shot in Sholapur, Maharashtra district, Udaipur, Rajasthan district, and various other sites while travelling through India. Footage includes: Sholapur Teachers Training School; forms of transportation (ship, railroad, trolley, automobile, bicycle, barge, junks, ox cart, and camel-drawn wagons); street life (street vendors, shopkeepers, textile processing, clothes washing, military drill, children swordfighting, and pipe smoking); music, dance and ceremonial activities (a sitar player accompanied by drums, finger cymbals, and other instruments); a water buffalo sacrifice; wedding procession; sword dancers; river procession of a maharaja and retainers; a military brass band; and the Taj Mahal.
Footage of Hong Kong and Manila in 1956.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Frances Emerick's Travel Footage of India 1927-1933"
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Frances Emerick in 1980.
Processing Information
Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
More Information
Local Number
Local Number
HSFA 1980.5.1
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| South Asia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| East Asia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Southeast Asia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| India | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hong Kong | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Manila (Philippines) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| silent films | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Human Studies Film Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland 20746
hsfa@si.edu
